Package and container therefor



Sept. 7, 1937. E. G. NICHOLS I PACKAGE AND CONTAINER THEREFOR 2Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed April 13, i936 llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ISept. 7, 1937.

E. G. NICHOLS PACKAGE AND CONTAINER THEREFOR Filed April 13, L966 2Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Sept. 7, 1937 UNITED STATES PATEN T OFFICE to E.F. Kemp, ration of Massachuset Inc., Somerville, Mass, a corpo-Application April 13, 1936, Serial No. 74,162

Claims.

This invention relates to packages of confectionery or the like and ithas for its object to provide an attractive and ornamental package ofthe class described. It is also an object of this inven- 5 tion toprovide an improved container for holding and displaying a plurality ofconfectionery units each of which includes a wrapper of sheet materialhaving end portions twisted to form ornate rosettes, one at each end ofthe unit, such as is shown and described in United States Patent No.1,815,261 granted to E. F. Kemp July 21, 1931.

To these ends I have provided the ornamental and attractive package andimproved container therefor, as set forth in the following description,the several novel features of the invention being separately pointed outand defined in the claims at the close thereof.

In the accompanying drawings:-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a package of confectionery constructedin accordance" with this invention.

Figure 2 is a front elevation of a package of confectionery constructedin accordance with this invention.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Figure 4 is a plan View of an end portion of one of the partitionshereinafterreferred to.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the box element of the containerforming part of the package illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

As herein illustrated my new package includes a container comprising abox element I 0 and one or more partition elements I l. The structureshown in Figs. 2 and 3 includes three of these partitions while thatillustrated in Fig. 1 includes two partitions.

A plurality of confectionery units l2 are orderly arranged side by side,within the box In in two or more layers alternating with the partitionswith the topmost layer exposed to view as shown. The intermediate bodyportion of each unit extends transversely from side to side of theinterior of the box while the twisted end portions of each unit extendthrough slots formed in the opposite side walls of the box so that theyare disposed upon the exterior of the latter.

The box I0 is made from cardboard, or other suitable sheet material, andcomprises a back or bottom wall l3, Fig. 5, two oppositely disposed endwalls l4 and I5, and two oppositely disposed side walls I6, I6.

Each side wall I6 is formed with ,a series of approximately parallelslots l1 alternating with tongues l8, the slots of each series extendingdownwardly from the top edge of their wall I6 and terminating asubstantial distance above the bottom wall l3 so that there is a lowerportion of the side wall extending continuously from end to end thereofto reinforce and stiffen the bottom wall 13.

The partitions II are disposed between and alternate with the layers ofunits [2 and serve to divide the interior of the box into a plurality ofcompartments since they extend approximately from end to end thereof andare of greater width than said box.

Adjacent to each side edge of each partition is provided a row of slitsor apertures 19 alternating with relatively narrow necks 2B, the latterconnecting the adjacent outer marginal portion 2| of the partition withthe intermediate main body portion thereof. The slits or apertures 19are spaced so that each registers with, and receives within it, one ofthe tongues I 8. Thus each partition is removably mounted upon andinterlocked with the tongues I8 of both side walls so as to serve as aconnector by which said side walls are supported and held againstsidewise displacement in either direction, particularly outwardly underthe influenceof the weight of the contents of thebox. This is a distinctfeature of advantage when the contentsof the box is heavy and the box isbeing handled or transported.

Upon the outside of bottom wall I3 is fastened a collapsible leg or prop22 which may be made from a strip of cardboard, or other suitable sheetmaterial, and which is folded transversely upon itself as at 24, 25, 26and 2'! so that it can be disposed in a collapsed folded up conditionagainst the bottom wall as shown in Fig. 3 or extended 3 into operativecondition to support the box so that it rests on one end and inclinesrearwardly as shown in Fig. 1.

The opposite end portions of this leg or prop may be fastened to bottomwall l3 by cement or any other suitable means.

Each partition has its intermediate portion or panel formed withapertures or windows 28 through which are exposed to view theconfectionery units of the layer that is below it as the units of thelayer above it are dispensed.

The package made up as above described is intended for use as a counterdisplay from which the units 12 are dispensed or sold individually, andwhen said units are made up with wrappers of thin sheet material havingtransparent intermediate portions through which the confectionery isexposed to view and with colored twisted end portions providingornamental rosettes, as in my patent above referred to and as hereinshown, the

appearance of the package is very attractive, being embellished by thevariegated banks of flower-like rosettes at opposite sides of theconfectionery that is exposed to view through the transparentintermediate portions of the wrappers.

What I claim is:

1. A display package comprising a box having a bottom wall, twooppositely disposed end walls and two oppositely disposed side walls,each of said side walls being made with a plurality of approximatelyparallel slots extending inwardly from the top edge of the wall andalternating with tongues and the slots of one side wall being disposedrelatively to the slots of the other side wall so as to provide pairs ofoppositely disposed slots; a plurality of layers of confectionery unitswithin said box and parallel with the bottom wall thereof, each of saidunits comprising a wrapper having opposite end portions thereof twistedto form rosettes and said twisted end portions extending through a pairof said slots to the exterior of the box, and a removable partitionelement within said box and between said layers, said element having itsopposite side marginal portions separably interlocked with said tonguesso as to support said side walls.

2. A display package comprising a box havin a bottom wall, twooppositely disposed end walls and two oppositely disposed side walls,each of said side walls being made with a plurality of approximatelyparallel slots extending inwardly from the top edge of the wall andalternating with tongues and the slots of one side wall being disposedrelatively to the slots of the other side wall so as to provide pairs ofoppositely disposed slots; a plurality of layers of confectionery unitswithin said box and parallel with the bottom wall thereof, each of saidunits comprising a wrapper having opposite end portions thereof twistedto form rosettes and said twisted end portions extending through a pairof said slots to the exterior of the box, and a removable partitionelement between said layers formed adjacent to its two oppositelydisposed side edges with parallel rows of apertures that are occupied bythe tongues of said side walls so that the latter are supported by saidpartition element.

3. A display package comprising a box having a bottom wall, twooppositely disposed end walls and two oppositely disposed side walls,each of said side walls being made with a plurality of approximatelyparallel slots extending inwardly from the top edge of the wall andalternating with tongues and the slots of one side wall being disposedrelatively to the slots of the other side wall so as to provide pairs ofoppositely disposed slots; a plurality of layers of confectionery unitswithin said box and parallel with the bottom Wall thereof, each of saidunits comprising a wrapper having opposite end portions thereof twistedto form rosettes and said twisted end portions extending through a pairof said slots to the exterior of the box, and a plurality of removablepartition elements alternating with said layers, each of said elementsbeing formed adjacent to its two oppositely disposed side edges withparallel rows of apertures that are occupied by the tongues of said sidewalls so that the latter are supported by said partition elements.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a container for confectionery unitscomprising a box having a bottom wall, two oppositely disposed end wallsand two oppositely disposed side walls, each of said side walls beingmade with a plurality of approximately parallel slots extending inwardlyfrom the top edge of the wall and alternating with tongues and the slotsof one side wall being disposed relatively to the slots of the otherside wall so as to provide pairs of oppositely disposed slots, and aremovable partition element having its opposite side marginal portionsprovided with means to interlock with said tongues thereby to cause saidpartition element to support said side walls.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a container of the characterdescribed constructed in accordance with claim 4 and wherein theintermediate portion of said partition element that is within said boxis apertured to expose the part of the contents of the box that is belowsaid partition element.

ELLSWORTH G. NICHOLS.

